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Blasts Could Derail Medvedev’s Softer Tack in the Caucasus
When two bombs ripped through Moscow subway stations at rush hour on Monday morning, Russia’s leaders reached for the kind of hunt-them-down-and-kill-them statements that propelled the country through two brutal wars in the Caucasus.
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Yahoo targeted in China attacks
The email accounts of foreign journalists based in China have been hacked, according to reports.
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U.S. To Back Georgian, Baltic Armies
The Pentagon plans to build military capabilities in Georgia and the three Baltic states to ready them for operations in Afghanistan, a move that could raise alarm in Moscow.
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The Caucasus: a primer on the area already being blamed for the Moscow bombings
Many news stories have pointed out a possible connection to the mostly Islamic North Caucasus, a region Reuters describes as "plagued by insurgency, whose leaders have threatened to attack cities and energy pipelines elsewhere in Russia."
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Russia's president says sanctions for Iran "not optimal" path, but can't be excluded
Thousands of years after Moses led his people out of Egypt, the Passover story is going digital
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Moscow Metro explosions kill 37
At least 37 people are reported killed in two explosions on the Metro system in Moscow, officials say.
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NATO Urges Russia to Join Missile Defense
Russia should help NATO create a "security roof" that would jointly defend both of them from missiles fired by rogue nations, NATO's chief said Saturday.
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China struggles with stance on nuclear power as summit nears
Two weeks before the United States hosts a summit on nuclear security, one of its most important invitees, China, has yet to RSVP.
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